Helping Families Understand Their LGBTQ Kids

Rex Butt

Rex Butt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at Bronx Community College of CUNY. He served for several years on the Board of Directors for the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center and is a member of the PFLAG National Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) Advisory Council. He and his wife Karen live in Poughkeepsie and are the Transgender Coordinators for the Kingston, NY chapter of PFLAG. Since 2008, they have presented at regional conferences and mentored scores of families who have transgender loved ones. His book, Now What? For Families with Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Children, offers a comprehensive approach to the concerns and challenges encountered by families with a transgender child regardless of age.